When we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.

Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.

In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.

Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.

Enthusiasm is the most beautiful word on earth.

I usually use quick sketches that I accumulated from the figure drawing classes I once instructed.

An advertisement will be a good one - that is if the headline is really a "stopper."

If time were like a passage of music, you could keep going back to it until you got it right.

Does God understand you? Find the answer in Bethlehem.

In science, nothing is ever 100% proven.

The tactician must know what to do whenever something needs doing; the strategist must know what to do when nothing needs doing

Couples should keep their love pure before it poisons the purest love of all - that between them and their children

When I meditate, I feel I am vast, very vast.

I always like to see enlightened parents like that; it gives me hope for the future.